Rupert Murdoch joins Twitter

So the owner of a media empire who everyone either loves to hate or hates to love (and who we love for the copious amounts of Simpsons on Sky One) has joined the microblogging universe that is Twitter.

Not only does he have the pretty cool Twitter picture; but he's rather active on the service too:

"Happy 2012. May itbe better than all experts predict. Has to be! Must change everything to create jobs for all, especiallyyoung"

"Good to see santorum surging in Iowa. Regardless of policies, all debates showed principles, consistency and humility like no other."

He's even declared himself to resume his working efforts: "Back to work tomorrow. Enough idling!" Which did gain a rather humourous response from @RabbleRealist: "@rupertmurdoch back to work shoveling bullshit propaganda to the masses!!! How does it feel to be the cause of such mass stupidity?"

So it's been fair to say he's faced a somewhat lukewarm reception, we look forward to reading what more he has to say.

'Breaking Bad' Prank Reminds Us To Not Post Your Phone Number On Twitter

Actor Aaron paul, who plays Jesse in Breaking Bad, asked his Twitter followers to let him know any thoughts on the recent episode by saying “Let me talk you thru it. Number, please.” With this has come a brilliant prank by ZeoStorm, and a lesson to everyone: don't post personal info online, even if an actor tells you to.

Meet Melvin: The Socially Connected Travelling Rube Goldberg Machine

We all love seeing a Rube Goldberg inventions, with a simple task being executed in the most unnecessarily complex of ways. While it's quite fair to say this form of entertainment is rather timeless, nobody has really brought the formula into the 21st Century.

Murdoch tweets about Myspace: ‘We Screwed Up in Every Way Possible’

We've received a personal insight, via Rupert Murdoch's Twitter account, into what the man on top of the world of News Corp thought of his organisation's Myspace conquests. The good thing is he saw it to be the catastrophe that we noted it to be also.

Many questions and jokes about My Space.simple answer – we screwed up in every way possible, learned lots of valuable expensive lessons.

Twitter Acquires News Service ‘Summify’

2012 is likely to be a huge year for Twitter. Having had a complete design overhaul at the end of last year, arguably only now is the social networking site beginning to truly find its feet as a more interactive, ‘stickier’ (referring to the time users stay on the site) and more enticing alternative to Facebook, Google+ and the like.

RIM Calls On Superheroes To Save Them. Twitter Campaign Backfires

So if you've had your ear to the ground for rumblings surrounding RIM, you'll have figured out that the company aren't doing so great. A big CEO switcharound, ever-reducing confidence in their lack of innovations, and a tablet that's failed to take off.

It's in these situations where we regress into our somewhat geek-ridden imaginations and conjur a super hero, well that's exactly what the company has done. 'The Bold Team' infographic was created off a Twitter campaign they did surrounding #BeBold resolutions, analysing 35,000 tweets worth of data and collating them into four cartoon personas.